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Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai, has disclosed that come 2017, the Nigerian Army will begin to use Sambisa Forest as one of its training grounds. Buratai disclosed this while speaking to troops in Damasak, Borno state yesterday. He said: “We are also opening up roads to the forest – Sambisa, as well as Alagarno forest. This Sambisa forest is going to be one of our training grounds. Next year, 2017, I have already directed that we should conduct our Nigerian Army small arms championship in that forest. And we are going to use it also to test fire our fighting vehicles, as well as other key equipment and weapons that requires testing firing whenever we want to induct new weapon and equipment into the Nigerian army inventory. It will afford us very good ground for basic tactics and indeed advance tactics, including but not limited to tactics at the Platoon, company, battalion, Brigade and even division levels. We are going to make it more robust...

After Nigerian prophet's negative prediction on actress Funke Akindele, OAP Freeze took to his page to say an open prayer for her to reverse the negative prophecy. He wrote: "I reverse any negative prophesy over your life in the name of Jesus! You will enjoy your marriage and it will be fruitful in every aspect. You married your best friend and nothing, I repeat NOTHING, will ruin that friendship or relationship in the mighty name of JESUS! I nullify any proclamation against you or your marriage with the blood of JESUS.  In a few months there will be the cry of a healthy child in your arms and joy, success and love will continue to be your portion always. Please my dear, hold on to this prophesy and ignore any other one. ~FRZ"

Singer Mumagee shared lovely photos of her children and other family members. Her husband, Prince Eke, was missing in the photos but that is not surprising. The Nollywood actor, whose bio now reads 'single father of three' recently accused her of adultery and abandoning their children. Another photo after the cut..

Gallant troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE dismantled the official Boko Haram terrorists flag at Parisu, Camp Zairo, Sambisa forest, Borno State signifying the capture of the Boko Haram terrorists stronghold.

A teenage boy was supposedly caught stealing chickens on Christmas day. The teenager was then beat up, stripped naked, paraded round the streets and had the chickens hung round his neck. But why? More photos after the cut..

A couple from Soroti District in the Eastern Region of Uganda held a modest wedding with a budget of USh300, 000 (KSh8, 500) and walked nearly one  kilometer to the wedding venue. It is not clear why they decided to walk instead of using a vehicle. Could it be because of insufficient fund?  However, the action has attracted mixed reactions on social media, with many commending their 'humility' and others wondering why anyone would choose to walk on one of the most important days of their life.

Rapper and business mogul, P.Diddy shared this beautiful photo of himself and his beautiful six kids and captioned it: "Happy holidays from the Combs family! May God bless you and yours with love and happiness!!!"

Tristan Thompson who just welcomed a son with his ex-girlfriend Jordy Craig, seems to be going on strong with his current girlfriend, Khloe Kardashian. The NBA star took to his Instagram page to wish everyone Season's greetings. While his girlfriend Jordy C. shared her thoughts about how happy she was to being a mum to their son. She wrote:

GT can exclusively reveal that Super Eagles and Dynamo Kiev midfielder who is currently on loan at FK Crvena Zvezda, Lukman Haruna, has bought himself a new Porsche and also a new home in Omole, Lagos. The player bought the car on Friday, customized the plate number with 'HL' and has kept the good news away from the media, telling only his very close friends and family members. Congrats to him!

The newly wedded actress, Funke Akindele got a lovely suprise on Christmas day from her husband, JJC Skillz at their new home in Lagos state. So sweet! See more photos and watch the video below..

God has continued to speak through the mouth of His servants to tell us of impending outcomes and one of such men is Prophet (Dr) Emmanuel Omale the Founder of Divine Hand of God Prophetic Ministry International Abuja. Prophet Omale who has been prophesying since the age of eight (8) is well known over the years to have dished out accurate prophecies most prominent among which are: the Victory of Donald Trump which was prophesied in May 2016, the outcome of recent Edo State gubernatorial election, the change of government in Ghana and the flood disaster that ravaged some parts of Nigeria in mid 2016 including the tragic air accident in Colombia recently. Some of these prophecies given at various time within the year (during church services) have also been documented in videos as this one. Here is a compiled videos of such prophecies, you can also watch on youtube link below: